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Examines the ways early Christians related and transmitted their history--apologetics, martyrdom accounts, sacred biography, and the genre of church history proper--helping readers understand how Christian identity is rooted in the faithful work of preceding generations.

Table of Contents
Contents
Map
Time Line
1. Invitation to the Past
2. Ancient Historical Writing and the Rise of Historical Literary Forms
3. History as Apologetic: Harnessing a Usable Past
4. Martyrology: Remembering the Martyrs' Noble Example
5. Hagiography: Martyrdom as Discipleship in Early Christian Biographies
6. Ecclesiastical History: The Story of the Church
7. Conclusions and Trajectories
Index

Retrieving History

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    A Paperback / softback by Stefana Dan Laing, D. H. Williams

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      Publisher Baker Academic, Div of Baker Publishing Group
      Published 18 April 2017
      ISBN-13 9780801096433
      978-0801096433
      ISBN-10 080109643X
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      Christian Churches, denominations, groups History of religion

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examines the ways early Christians related and transmitted their history--apologetics, martyrdom accounts, sacred biography, and the genre of church history proper--helping readers understand how Christian identity is rooted in the faithful work of preceding generations.

      Table of Contents
      Contents
      Map
      Time Line
      1. Invitation to the Past
      2. Ancient Historical Writing and the Rise of Historical Literary Forms
      3. History as Apologetic: Harnessing a Usable Past
      4. Martyrology: Remembering the Martyrs' Noble Example
      5. Hagiography: Martyrdom as Discipleship in Early Christian Biographies
      6. Ecclesiastical History: The Story of the Church
      7. Conclusions and Trajectories
      Index

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